List of Famous people born in France

Fernand Charpin was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with Marius in 1931.

Catherine Gradwohl called Catherine David is a Franco-American novelist, essayist, literary critic and amateur pianist.

Odette Laure was a French actress and cabaret singer. She appeared in 57 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Daddy Nostalgia (1990). She was born Odette Yvonne Marie Dhommée in Paris, where she died.

Jean-Marc Avocat was a French actor.

Patrick Mennucci is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party. He had been the MP of the Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency from June 2012 to June 2017, where he was defeated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon of La France insoumise party.

Gaël Morel is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.

Philippe Pradal is a French politician. He is currently a member of the Rally for the Republic party. He served as Mayor of Nice from 2016 to 2017. He was first deputy mayor of Nice from 2013 to 2016. He receives the knights of the Legion of honor in July 2017. He supports Nicolas Sarkozy for the republican presidential primary in 2016.

Philippe Berre is a French impostor and confidence trickster whose story inspired a 2009 movie In the Beginning by Xavier Giannoli, where Berre was interpreted by French actor François Cluzet.

Frédéric Péchenard is a French police officer and high civil servant with the Ministry of the Interior. He has served as General Director of the French National Police from 11 June 2007 to May 2012.

Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concert shows. Cerrone is an influential producer of 1970s and 1980s disco songs. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, including over four million copies in France, and eight million copies of Supernature. The single "Love in C Minor" (1976) reached No. 3 and was in the charts for two months, selling three million copies. With "Supernature" (1977), Cerrone merged symphonic orchestration with synthesizers. At the 1978 Billboard Disco Forum, Cerrone received six awards including Disco Artist of the Year.